Incident report

Hazards

• A timely factual record of an injury, illness, damage event, exposure, or other safety incident.

Controls

• Protect people first, notify required parties, preserve evidence and privacy, record conditions and witnesses, meet legal reporting duties, and investigate causes for prevention rather than blame.

Personal protective equipment

• Select task-specific PPE only after hazards and higher-order controls have been evaluated.

Regional considerations

• Applicable law, permits, collective agreements, venue rules, and qualified-person decisions take precedence.

In practice

Protect people first, notify required parties, preserve evidence and privacy, record conditions and witnesses, meet legal reporting duties, and investigate causes for prevention rather than blame.

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